Prison Break

I've been going through 24 withdrawls since the tragic writters strike. I rented the first season of Prison Break. It's close to the intensity of 24 and the crazy plot twists of Lost, a good substitue any way. The story goes as such: Lincoln played by Dominic Purcell (no relation) gets arrested for killing the VP's brother. A crime he did not comit...yes a bit cliche but there aren't too many original ideas left. He is set to be put to death in a month but his brother Michael gets himself arrested to help break his brother out (hense the title). It's clever but some times too clever, however, it's very well cast and pretty believable. Check it out, DVD rental is the only way to go or you'll go insane wondering what's going to happen next.
(I still miss Jack Bauer screaming "We're running out of time!")

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

This was a good movie, better than the first actually. If you love C.S. Lewis or if you love fairy tale adventure movies than you will enjoy this one. However, if you don't know the story or didn't see the first film you might be a little lost. It's more toned down than LOTR but tells the story quite well and stays close to the book. It has a great not so hard to grasp theme of faith is important and wonderful special effects. The main 4 actors are british and at times can be a little annoying but other than that I really liked it. Peter Dinklage (Elf) and Warwick Davis (Willow) did a great job playing good and evil dwarves and liam Neeson was the voice of Aslan. This is a great family movie 13 and up. Enjoy and escape!

AVP 2

AVP 2...sucked. Why do I keep doing this to myself. I guess it's because I loved the first Preditor so much when I was 15. AVP (1) was bad but the sequel was so painful I pushed fast forward just to get it over with. And the ending, please tell me that wasn't a set up for another one. Ok, to stay true to my critique, I will now set up the movie for any unsuspecting poor sap who would foolishly disregard my advice. A preditor ship carrying Alien cargo is breached and wrecks on earth. A dying preditor calls home for help. We then see trouble in a small town when both Alien and Preditor kill humans like squashing bugs on a side walk. Please just skip it and pray they don't make another b/c I'll have to watch it too.

Beowulf = Beoskip

Such possibilities such sorrow. I vaguely remember reading the story of Beowulf in 9th grade but I didn't remember it being quite so violent. It started out interesting until I saw the monster Grendel biting off heads and tearing apart bodies. Beowulf is the last of the heroes and goes to stop the monster Grendel for money and fame. Grendel is killed and his mother (Angelina Jolie) takes revenge. Beowulf makes a deal with her and becomes king. Beowulf has more troubles later as an old King when his deal with Gredel's mother is broken. He must fight a dragon more deadly than any monster he has faced before. Good story but I still say skip it unless you want to catch up on your mythology. However, the special effects were amazing and the dragon at the end was really well done.

88 Minutes

This is a movie I was very interested in seeing. I love the whole concept to race against time. Death vs life, Murder vs law. From what I've read and heard this is a disappointment. It's regular Al being Al. (Big and loud!) Don't get me wrong, I love big and loud Al so there is still hope for this for me. Tick Tock!

The Voting Pole is closed!

In a last min. tight race the winner of the favorite genre of movies is the thriller/suspense. My personal favorite. Thank you to all those who voted and thanks for noth'n to those who didn't.

The Iron Man

Iron Man looks to be an awesome comic book made to movie. Iron Man is a human super hero much like Batman. With millions of dollars to use for the good vs evil cause, Tony Stark is one tough SOB. I am very excited to see this movie and will write about it soon. It comes out in early May.